Sujiwo Tejo to take part in Mongolia festival

Sujiwo Tejo to take part in Mongolia festival

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian musician Sujiwo Tejo will represent
the country at Roaring Hoofs, the First International Gobi
Festival of Actual Music, the festival where Eastern and Western
contemporary music meet.

Apart from Indonesia, musicians from more than 15 countries,
including China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea and
Mongolia, will present their unique compositions at the festival,
scheduled to be held from June 7 to June 12.

For the first two days of the festival, the participants will
camp in the Gobi desert and take part in the Desert Concert.

Sujiwo was recommended from noted musician and chairman of the
Indonesian Composers' Association Slamet Abdul Sjukur and
etnomusicologist Dieter Mack to appear in the festival. He will
present his unique musical arrangement, a blend of Javanese
traditional music and Western music.

Etnomusicologist Bernard Wuff, also the festival's president
director, praised Sujiwo's music, referring to the performance as
"magic theater from Indonesia".

The 37-year-old Sujiwo, who is about to complete his second
album, will perform on the fourth day of the international
festival on June 11 at the capital city Ulan Bator. For an hour,
he will present compositions exploring music from the shadow
puppet show.

His first album, Pada Suatu Ketika (Once Upon A Time) was
released last year and regarded as a new musical experience by
many. Sujiwo, who prefers to be called an entertainer instead of
singer, composed his songs all in Javanese, although many of the
titles are in Indonesian. (ste)